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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1943
Page
1
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Allied forces pressed toward Sala, New Guinea as Japanese coastal defenses cracked. A spokesman for General MacArthur said the crumbling resistance showed the Japanese yielding under mounting pressure.
U s government monitors report two aircraft involved in a raid near Marcus II and a Comet broadcast notes planes shot down in attacks on an island near Tokyo. Americans push through Solomons as heavy artillery shells Kolombangara and air battles yield several downed Zero fighters and damaged warplanes.
New Orleans district attorney J Bernard Cocke said a grand jury will investigate the killing of Willie ns 36 who confessed to a child attack. A detective in Virginia said he shot ns during a struggle with a pistol near the police car in the carport.
A fragmented notice outlines reading programs for service members and notes on library staff. It mentions Miss Alice J. Ger and Miss Garwood with references to home town papers. A presidential radio address is slated for September 8 to open the Third War Loan Drive in Washington.
Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt held discussions on war generated political issues as Washington awaited a nonpartisan response from Russia to Anglo American outreach for a three power conference this year. Churchill arrived from Quebec with Mrs. Churchill and staff for a White House informal dinner and a mix of social and informal talks.
The Regional War Labor Board ruled today that women bartenders are entitled to 22 dollars weekly in the Conneaut district.
The United States launched a dawn raid on Marcus Island, Japan, with many planes. Officials described the attack as planned and in progress, signaling Allied willingness to strike from multiple directions and potentially force Tokyo to redistribute forces. The action follows recent promises of aggressive naval operations in the Pacific theater.
Investigators pursue a theory of multiple killers in the fatal attack on Corporal Maoma Ridings of Camp Atterbury WAC. A bellboy reported a woman in black seen near Ridings' room before the murder Saturday night. Robert Wolfington, 22, held on $2,500 on a vagrancy charge and named a suspect in first degree murder.
War Manpower Commission relaxes a 60 day embargo on migrant workers entering the Cleveland area. WMC Director William P. Edmunds says transient workers may be employed if they do not present housing problems and will be channeled to war plants needing labor. Workers cannot quit after 60 days to take lighter jobs.
Columbus reports Ohio's maternity care plan for wives of non commissioned service men proves popular after three weeks. Health Director R H Markwith says 703 of 1731 applications approved, with backlog of 1000. hospital capacity may limit care. State funding totals 70 000 plus emergency grants to cover doctor fees and wards. Over 1200 doctors have indicated willingness to participate.
Interior Secretary Ickes warned of gasoline shortages within days unless driving is limited to essential travel. He said the East runs through coupons, consumption exceeds its 342000 barrel daily civilian allotment by 30000 to 35000 barrels, while the Southwest and Middle West face dwindling supply. The Pacific coast reportedly has a comfortable stock but faces looming military demands.
Washington AP reports total casualties since Pearl Harbor stand at 103 932. Army totals 69 258 dead 19 5819 wounded 21 406 missing 19 634 prisoners of war. Navy 7 840 dead 2 553 wounded 8 917 missing 2 246. Marines 2 005 dead 2 501 wounded 663 missing 1 925. Coast Guard 182 dead 22 wounded 158 missing 1 prisoner. Merchant Marine 627 dead 4 124 missing.
Washington reports a War Food Administration order lifts quota limits on slaughter for civilian use through Oct 31 with 40 percent of weekly beef production reserved for armed forces. Agriculture forecasts 1943 food production up 5 percent from last year, supported by 24 billion pounds of beef and higher poultry output.
Government officials credit a management change and better worker morale for rising output at Wright Aeronautical Corp's Lockland plant in Cincinnati. After an 87 percent July drop tied to Senate charges about defective materials, August production improved nicely in Washington’s view.
A severe storm in northeastern Ohio caused uprooted trees and power outages. Ohio Edison reports at least 10 power line breaks in northern Summit County leaving about 1,000 homes dark in Silver Lake Stow Northfield Twinsburg and Hudson. Two campers were injured in the incident.
The Selby Shoe Co in Portsmouth was ordered by the Regional War Labor Board to give all employees with one year or more service a one week vacation with pay or 40 hours' pay.
Lieut Homer W Faucett 1941 AAU middleweight champion from Indiana and his Liberator crew repelled Japanese fighters near Vella Lavella Island. After a bomber took hits four crew members parachuted free as twenty Zeros pursued the falling plane. Faucett’s actions helped the mission reach safety with several enemy aircraft downed.
Rear Admiral Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen said Germany faced 65 000 casualties in the 1940 Norway invasion and paid pensions to widows after Norway declined to accept Germany's inflated casualty claim. He noted 1024 Norwegian ships remained at sea and Quisling ordered them to Axis ports, to no avail.
Maj. Gen. William C. Lee, former airborne command head and founder of the U S Army parachute troops, reached European theater headquarters today from the United States. He organized the first parachute school at Fort Benning.
Indianapolis police hold bellboy Robert Wolfington, 23, on a 5000 dollar bond for questioning in the mutilation case at the Claypool Hotel. Maoma L. Ridings, 32, of Columbus, Georgia, is involved.
Cattlemen from 24 states meeting in Kansas City forecast a beef famine next spring due to a glut of grass-fat steers and confusing government policies. Nearly 2,000 cattlemen, with visitors including three governors and Mayor LaGuardia, seek a new federal meat policy.
The Soviet magazine War and the Working Class argues Turkey's neutrality benefits Germany. It claims Turkey's stance grows more favorable to Berlin as Germany consolidates its army, warning that Turkey joining the Allies could hinder German defeat.
The 19 German war prisoners who escaped from Fort Henry Kingstown Ontario are back in custody. The last three were captured in an apple orchard near Clayton New York yesterday and turned over to Canadian authorities. Police Chief James Stage announced via immigration border patrolman G W Gale Jr.
Soviet troops pushed four to seven miles in the Smolensk to Taganrog corridor and captured hundreds of villages including 300 in Smolensk Bryansk, with 6 000 German deaths. In the Taganrog battle 35 000 Nazis killed and 5 100 captured as eight divisions routed. Russians drive toward Stalino Debaltsevo and Voroshilovgrad on a 600 mile front.
Allied raids on Naples area with two ton bombs disrupt southern Italy comms. Germany faces Russian offensives near Donets and Bryansk while Stalino and Smolensk siege pressures loom. RAF raids on Berlin trigger heavy German night defense and mass Berlin evacuations amid aerial war reports.
Rep Snyder of Pennsylvania asks that selective service restart inductions for men aged 37 to 45, arguing most future selectees won’t serve in combat. He notes prior halt due to doubts about fitness and says it’s better to induct men without dependents than to compel fathers under 38 into service.
Governor John W. Bricker told the National Association of Securities Commissioners that the government must stay closely tied to the people to secure the future. Emil Schram of the New York Stock Exchange predicted the economy would flourish after the war.
The Office of Price Administration raised the ration values for four canned fruits and several beans and vegetables to curb demand. Effective Sunday, No. 2 large apples gain 3 points to 10, cranberries 10 points, peaches 27 points, pears 21 points, with other items adjusted up or down due to supply and demand.
OPA announces Sunday new ration values for foods as creamery butter increases to 12 points and fresh meat, beans, and other items see point reductions. Dried beans and lentils lose value while soy beans and black eyed peas become ration free.
The Office of Price Administration raised the ration value for an 8 ounce package of tomato sauce with cheese to four points. Previously the cheese cost one red point and the sauce two blue points. The new package can be all blue.
Canberra plans a series of functions in honor of Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt as she travels from New Zealand. Lord Gowrie, governor general, may host a small dinner on arrival and the government will host a state luncheon in her honor the second day.
Toledo report details the first formal Ohio complaint by a discharged veteran that his former employer refused to restore him to his job with full seniority rights. The Selective Service Act guarantees ex servicemen similar or better jobs with prior status.
Clement DeCroes, 45, supervisor de construcción con historial en proyectos grandes, falleció al caer desde un andamio de 50 pies en Cleveland. Entre sus obras figura el Mellon National Gallery of Art en Washington.
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